soccer history

By garciirv000

  • Two diffrent organizations

    Two diffrent organizations
    October 26 of 1863, the Football Association was formed when eleven London schools and clubs came together at the Freemason's Tavern to establish a single set of rules to administer any football match that were to be played among them. On December 8 1863, Association Football and Rugby Football finally split onto two different organizations. Later in the year, the first ever soccer match was played on Barnes common at Mortlake, London on 19th December 1863 between Barnes Football Club and Richmo

  • The rules were chainged

    The rules were chainged
    The Football Association rules were further amended to exclude any handling of the ball.

  • First international

    First international
    The first official international football match was played, between the national teams of Scotland and England, played in Glasgow Scotland. The game was played on 30 November 1872, and finished with a 0-0 draw.

  • Uniform code

    Uniform code
    The four British associations agreed on a uniform code and formed the International Football Association Board.

  • USA vs Canada

    USA vs Canada
    The first international match played by teams outside of Great Britain was between USA and Canada, played in Newark and ended with Canada winning 1-0.

  • penalty kik

    penalty kik
    Introduction of the penalty kick.

  • Olympics

    Olympics
    Soccer played at the Olympic Games for the first time

  • fifa

    fifa
    Establishment of FIFA by delegates from France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland at a meeting in Paris on the 21st of May.

  • 13 teams

    13 teams
    In 1930, The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) held soccer's first World Cup tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay, with 13 teams.

  • U-25

    U-25
    Soccer was taken off the program for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, due to a controversy between FIFA and the IOC over the definition of amateur and the reluctance of many strong soccer countries to travel the US because of the expense involved.

  • Womens world cup

    Womens world cup
    The inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991 in China was won by the United States

  • Women's won the first olympics

    The American women's team won the first-ever women's soccer event at the Olympics